Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It was very _______of you to notice that.
A. observant B. observatory C. observation D. observe
There is a ________ of carrots because of the bad weather.
A. shortly B. shorten C. shortage D. short
The factory manager was so _________ that the employees left in disgust
A. dictator B. dictatorial C. dictatorship D. dictate
Their failure to act is _______ of their lack of interest
A. indicate B. indicator C. indication D. indicative
The company was _______ and made a tremendous amount of money.
A. progress B. progressive C. progression D. progressively
The _____ account given by the witness convinced the jury of the plaintiff’s right to a settlement.
A. description B. desciribing C. descriptive D. describe
We drove at five miles an hour because the _______ was so poor.
A. visible B. visual C. view D. visibility
They handled the merchandise _______ for the manufacturer.
A. exclude B. exclusion C. exclusive D. exclusively
The job was done _______, and we were extremely displeased.
A. incompetence B. incompetency C. competence D. incompetently
“Since the goal seems ________, I believe we should begin at once,” Tom argued.
A. achievements B. achieve C. achievable D. achieving
Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to inducate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She seemed always to speak ________, especially at our club meeting.
A. controversy B. controversial C. Controversially D. controvert
When the automobile salesman described the car so _______, we became very uneasy about buying it.
A. ambiguity B. ambiguousness C. ambiguous D. ambiguously
He is under 25, hard- working and ________.
A. energy B. energize C. energizing D. energetic.
Phil was sentenced to three years’ ______ for his part in the robbery.
A. prisoner B. imprison C. imprisonment D. prison
Julia is being kept in an isolation ward because she is highly ________.
A. infectious B. infection C. infected D. infecting
The Pikes live in a four- bedroomed bungalow in a very nice ________ area.
A. residing B. resident C. residence D. residential
7. Don’t put David in charge of arranging the theatre trip; he’s too _________.
A. organized B. disorganized C. unorganized D. inorganized.
8. The rhinoceros, whose numbers have dropped alarmingly recently, has been declared a/an ______ species.
A. danger B. endanger C. endangered D. dangerous.
Ở đây ta cần một tính từ để bổ nghĩa cho danh từ species => Đáp án A (danh từ) và đáp án B (động từ) bị loại
Dangerous: nguy hiểm (ẩn chứa điều bất lợi cho con người). VD: con thú này rất nguy hiểm (nghĩa là, nó có thể tổn hại đến con người)
Endangered: bị nguy hiểm, this animal is endangered: con thú này đang gặp nguy hiểm
9. David’s compositions are full of mistakes but they are very ______.
A. imaginative B. imaginary C. imagination D. imaginable
10. Sicentists always _______ their idea before writing up the results of their research.
A. analyse B. analysis C. analyses D. analyst